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On the Origin of Life, Why Listen to James Tour?

Tour is not one for mincing words: “The people who might disagree with me are biologists because they’ve never made anything.” Read More ›
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Image at the top: From Episode 5 of Science Uprising, “Origin of Life: Intelligence Required.”

Chemist James Tour: The Unacknowledged Mystery of Life’s Origin

The problem isn’t that “We have no idea” how life originated. Admitting ignorance is a good thing! Read More ›
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James Tour
Image at the top: From Episode 5 of Science Uprising, “Origin of Life: Intelligence Required.”

Chemist James Tour: The Unacknowledged Mystery of Life’s Origin

The problem isn’t that “We have no idea” how life originated. Admitting ignorance is a good thing! Read More ›
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Teaching About Intelligent Design at Hong Kong Baptist University

Ironically, our students may have more intellectual freedom in China to pursue the truth than they would have in many universities in the United States. Read More ›
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What Explains the “I Suck” Principle?

Writing at Mind Matters, Michael Egnor dissects another illustration of the “I Suck” impulse at work. It’s from his fellow neuroscientist Steven Novella. Read More ›
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“We Hold These Truths”: On Design of the Cosmos, Science Uprising Updates Thomas Jefferson

The Declaration of Independence could hardly be written today, not if it had to pass muster with our dominant woke corporate-media-political culture. Read More ›
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“We Hold These Truths”: On Design of the Cosmos, Science Uprising Updates Thomas Jefferson

The Declaration of Independence could hardly be written today, not if it had to pass muster with our dominant woke corporate-media-political culture. Read More ›
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On Independence Day, Remember Thomas Jefferson’s Embrace of Intelligent Design

Jefferson thought that there was scientific evidence for design in nature. In 1823, he insisted so in a letter to John Adams. Read More ›
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‘Oumuamua Revisited: Prospect of Intelligent Aliens Puts Materialists in a Pickle

A mysterious oblong object, ‘Oumuamua, was observed a couple of years ago, transiting across the Solar System. Read More ›

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